Q: Is 7,623,462 a Composite Number?

Why is 7,623,462 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 7,623,462 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 6 7 11 14 21 22 29 33 42 58 66 77 87 154 174 203 231 319 406 462 569 609 638 957 1,138 1,218 1,707 1,914 2,233 3,414 3,983 4,466 6,259 6,699 7,966 11,949 12,518 13,398 16,501 18,777 23,898 33,002 37,554 43,813 49,503 87,626 99,006 115,507 131,439 181,511 231,014 262,878 346,521 363,022 544,533 693,042 1,089,066 1,270,577 2,541,154 3,811,731 and 7,623,462, with no remainder.

Since 7,623,462 cannot be divided by just 1 and 7,623,462, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).